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Pita Limjaroenrat: Thai election upstart who vows to be different

May 29, 2023 - 5:03pm
Pita Limjaroenrat tells the BBC he wants to govern "for the people", but big hurdles lie ahead.
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Imran Khan: Ex-Pakistan PM tells BBC crackdown on party is 'untenable'

May 29, 2023 - 10:54am
Pakistan's ex-leader says he will wait and see what happens as his party colleagues are arrested and he may be, too.
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Delhi murder: Indian man held after brutally murdering girl in public

May 29, 2023 - 7:44am
Footage of the assault shows the man repeatedly stabbing the girl in a public place as people watch.
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Abuduwaili Abudureheman: Hong Kong denies detaining Uyghur student

May 29, 2023 - 2:38am
Abuduwaili Abudureheman was allegedly interrogated by police on arrival at Hong Kong airport.
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New Zealand: Watch rugby league game chaos as multiple pitch invaders tackled

May 29, 2023 - 1:09am
Play was interrupted when people ran onto the field at a rugby league match in New Zealand.
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Wrestlers' protest: Delhi police file rioting case after detention

May 29, 2023 - 12:56am
The athletes, including Olympic medallists, were detained by police as they tried to march to parliament.
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FTX: Singapore state fund Temasek cuts pay after failed investment

May 29, 2023 - 12:03am
Last year, Temasek Holdings wrote off all of the $275m (£222.8m) it had invested in FTX.
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Why Everest base camp won't be moving anytime soon

May 28, 2023 - 8:15pm
Nepal will not shift base camp due to climate change, after opposition from Sherpas and mountaineers.
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Indian Olympic wrestlers detained as latest protest escalates

May 28, 2023 - 11:41am
Delhi police are being criticised for the way they shut down a march to the new parliament building.
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China's C919 passenger plane makes maiden flight

May 28, 2023 - 12:46am
China hopes the C919 will end the dominance of Airbus and Boeing - but it relies on Western components.
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The Indian woman who writes exams for others who can't

May 27, 2023 - 10:47pm
Pushpa has written more than 1,000 exams for people with physical and learning disabilities.
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Why Australia decided to quit its vaping habit

May 27, 2023 - 10:11pm
Recent measures cracking down on e-cigarettes are much needed, teachers and public health experts say.
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New parliament: PM Modi inaugurates building amid Opposition boycott

May 27, 2023 - 8:26pm
The new building was opened under the shadow of a boycott by major opposition parties.
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Pakistan avalanche kills 11 people from nomadic tribe

May 27, 2023 - 1:36pm
A four-year-old boy is among those killed in the disaster, which struck in the early hours of Saturday.
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Civic Party: Key Hong Kong pro-democracy group votes to disband

May 27, 2023 - 11:35am
One of the Civic Party's founders says the closure is a blow for the city's pro-democracy movement.
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IPL 2023: Who are India's next cricketing stars?

May 26, 2023 - 7:49pm
These players and their dazzling performances at the IPL make a case for their inclusion in India's national side.
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Hikikomori: Why S Korea is paying young recluses to leave home

May 26, 2023 - 5:00pm
Money only "touches the surface" of a deeper problem, former recluses and youth workers say.
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India official empties dam to retrieve lost phone

May 26, 2023 - 1:39pm
The man, who has now been suspended, was taking a selfie when he dropped his phone into the water.
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Myanmar rapper Byu Har arrested for criticising junta

May 26, 2023 - 6:59am
Byu Har had condemned the military regime's handling of widespread power outages.
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Teens hand themselves in to police over Sydney fire

May 26, 2023 - 4:00am
Transport was suspended and nearby residents evacuated after a building went up in flames on Thursday.
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